[Osmf-talk] Africa as a training ground was RE: google Open Buildings usage request

[John Whelan]

The African Highway guidelines were created with a lot of local 
consultation.

We have universities in Africa, GIS is normally something that can 
create wealth, can we identify those things on a map that would be useful?

There are very definite problems in Africa.  One interesting point is 
tax rates are lower in Africa than say Europe.  If the locals are 
spending their own tax dollars then hopefully they will take ownership 
of projects such as health and education.

Cheerio John

> The Africa highway tagging is a result of and created by HOT. It even 
> has a request on the page not to edit it's contents without consulting 
> HOT. Not that it is bad, at least it is something we can use as a 
> guidance. But it is not a result from a true local African community.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Bert Araali
>
>

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